Second serve
The short version
The serve a server gets after a fault serve.
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Where it shows up
- One-wall · Rule 3.7 Appeals …short or other service fault, and the appeal is upheld, the server is awarded a second serve. After the rally has ended, either player may appeal on a double-bounce call or…
- One-wall · Rule 4.1 Serve …nable time to get to his/her serving position. The referee shall then announce “second serve” if the serve was a fault, or “first/second serve, one hinder serve” if a hinde…
- One-wall · Rule 4.10 Timeouts …y request a timeout, but not after the referee has announced the score, called “second serve” after a fault serve, or called “first/second serve, one hinder serve” after a …
- Four-wall · Rule 3.7 Appeals …short or other service fault, and the appeal is upheld, the server is awarded a second serve. After the rally has ended, either player may appeal on a double-bounce call or…
- Four-wall · Rule 4.1 Serve …nable time to get to his/her serving position. The referee shall then announce “second serve” if the serve was a fault, or “first/second serve, one screen” if a screen, aft…
- Four-wall · Rule 4.10 Timeouts …y request a timeout, but not after the referee has announced the score, called “second serve” after a fault serve, or called “first/second serve, one screen” after a screen…
Ref questions
The served ball hits the front wall then two side walls before the floor.
Answer: Fault (three-wall serve)
Front + two side walls on the fly is a three-wall serve — a fault.
The served ball hits the front wall then the ceiling before the floor.
Answer: Fault (ceiling serve)
Touching the ceiling after the front wall is a fault serve.
The served ball rebounds off the front wall and strikes the back wall on the fly.
Answer: Fault (long serve)
Carrying to the back wall untouched by the floor is a long serve — a fault.